Changes In Storage Expansion Unit Support; Support For Exn3500 Storage Expansion Units; Support For Exn3000 Storage Expansion Units - IBM N Series Manual

Changes in storage expansion unit support

Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode release family includes some changes to storage
expansion unit support.
v "Support for EXN3500 storage expansion units"
v "Support for EXN3000 storage expansion units"

Support for EXN3500 storage expansion units

The EXN3500 storage expansion unit contains external SAS disk drives and
6-Gb I/O modules.
EXN3500 storage expansion units are supported on the following Data
ONTAP releases:
v Data ONTAP 8.x releases: Data ONTAP 8.0P1 or later; except N3400 storage
systems.
v Data ONTAP 8.x releases: Data ONTAP 8.0.1 or later.
For more information about which disk drives and storage system models are
supported with the EXN3500 storage expansion unit, see the IBM System
Storage N series Introduction and Planning Guide. For more information about
the EXN3500 storage expansion unit, see the EXN3500 Storage Expansion Unit
Installation and Service Guide.

Support for EXN3000 storage expansion units

Data ONTAP 8.0.2P3 and later releases support EXN3000 storage expansion
units. The EXN3000 storage expansion unit is also supported on Data ONTAP
7.3.6 and later releases.
For more information about which disk drives and storage system models are
supported with the EXN3000 storage expansion unit, see the IBM System
Storage N series Introduction and Planning Guide. For more information about
the EXN3000 storage expansion unit, see the EXN3000 Storage Expansion Unit
Installation and Service Guide.
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